With the extremely favorable exchange rates for most foreign visitors to Buenos Aires, shopping in the city can throw up some real bargains to pack in your suit case for home, so treat yourself or your friends and family back home by using the following shopping guide, doing a tour of the BA Shops, and packing your suitcase to breaking point with souvenirs…The below pages listed are guides to different places for shopping in Buenos Aires, listed by type (e.g. shopping areas, streets, centers, outdoor markets, individual shops etc).

Buenos Aires Outdoor Markets

• Plaza Dorrego Sunday Market (corner of Defensa & Humberto Primo), San Telmo - antiques, crafts and knick-knacks. Open 10am to 5pm every Sunday (also known as the Feria de San Telmo)

Buenos Aires Shopping Areas / Centers / Malls

• Abasto Shopping Center (Corrientes 3247, between Aguero & Anchorena), Abasto, City Center - mainstream shopping center including a cinema & many things to do
• Avenida Corrientes Bookstores (Av. Corrientes from 9 de Julio to Callao), City Center - a few blocks packed full of bookstores to feed the Buenos Aires bookworms.

Individual Shops in Buenos Aires

• Objetos Encontrados, Thames 1721 (between El Salvador & Costa Rica), Palermo Soho - a cool shop of “Found Objects” such as toys, antiques and other random stuff.
• Boutique del Libro Bookstore, Thames 1762 (between Costa Rica & El Salvador), Palermo Soho - bookshop and cafe with a wide selection of books, including a decent English-language section
• El Gato Negro Teas and Spices, Avenida Corrientes 1669 (near corner with Rodriguez Pena), City Center - this lovely old cafe is also a tea, coffee and spice shop - you’ll find spices here that can be difficult to obtain in the rest of Buenos Aires.

Buenos Aires Food Products

• Sugar and Spice Cookies and Biscuits (Guatemala 5415, corner of Av. Juan B Justo), Palermo Hollywood - my favorite cookies available in Argentina

There are many more Buenos Aires shopping pages to be written in this blog over the coming months, so keep checking this page for reviews of major shopping centers and areas in Buenos Aires.